Original post: "The Gospel of Art," HuffingtonPost, December 27, 2012
Recently, I spoke with Harvard Divinity School Professor Sharon Fennema about the role of art in religion, spirituality and worship. Read on to see what we lose or neglect if we don't incorporate artistic expression in worship.
Pierre R. Berastaín: Sharon, you now teach a class at Harvard, Curating the Sermon, which explores the intersection of artistic expression and worship. You wrote your dissertation, however, on the HIV-infected communities in San Francisco. How did you go from that to teaching a class focused on the...